one or two additional labs/projects from the faculty's offer (8 cp max.)

modules from other faculties (e.g. Mechanical Engineering, Business and Economics etc.) concluded with a certificate and statement of lecture hours per week (e.g. lectures and exam; projects; labs; soft skills etc.)

concerning the English-taught study programs Communications Engineering and Electrical Power Engineering: Knowledge of the German language must be certified with 9 cp (level A2.2). Courses and the DSM exam are offered by the RWTH language center. If the student's language skills already are on level A2.2, he or she may present their certificate to the examination board without having to attend the language course.

This is not valid for: students with German as their native tongue or students who obtained their university entrance qualification or a first university degree at a German-speaking institution